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18 October 2005 18:11![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
denThe death of William Evan Allan in Melbourne overnight at 106 represents one of the greatest milestone's in this nation's short history. His passing severs our living link with World War 1 and the founding of the Australian Navy.
William Evan Allan 1899 - 2005
" Of the 330,000 servicemen who served overseas in World War 1, Evan Allan was the very last man standing. His death is the end of an era. His passing closes the door once and for all on that "Great War" which, with its 15 million death toll, was meant to be "the war to end all wars"."
cheers, mate.
William Evan Allan 1899 - 2005
" Of the 330,000 servicemen who served overseas in World War 1, Evan Allan was the very last man standing. His death is the end of an era. His passing closes the door once and for all on that "Great War" which, with its 15 million death toll, was meant to be "the war to end all wars"."
cheers, mate.
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Date: 18 Oct 2005 08:59 (UTC)Canada lost our last VC recipient a couple of months ago; I think our last WWI veterans passed away within the past year or so, but that might have "just" been for a specific military branch.
Especially with November 11 coming up fairly soon, I wonder how this sort of thing is gonna affect how people look back in several years.